John Williams wrote the score for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and the respective soundtrack, as had been the case with the previous three Star Wars films from the original trilogy. "The Flag Parade" was written for use during the flag ceremony scene directly before the Boonta Eve Classic podrace outside of Tatooine's Mos Espa settlement. The piece, along with the entire score, was written between the months of October 1998 and February 1999 and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra during the month of February. The original soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on May 4, 1999, and the Ultimate Edition was released on November 14, 2000. The original soundtrack was re-released on February 6, 2012 to coincide with the 3-D release of The Phantom Menace in thea